Hi Skippers
At 7am this morning there was a gentle 2 knot SE breeze – nothing like the forecast but very picturesque !
Just after 9am it went SW & started to increase ( & increase ) … by the time we started it was gusting 10-12+ knots. Off came most of the A+ rigs & the majority put on B rigs…. 2 out of 7 participants stayed with the larger rigs.
Within a few races everyone was on B’s as it was almost impossible to tack with A+’s … by the time we finished it was pretty hard to tack even with B’s !
Results :
Check out the scores online : https://www.sailscores.com/SCRSC/2026/df65-club-scratch-day-aug-11
Highlight of the Day : well as you might know I never include myself in this section but today is the exception – I’m happy to say I won the day – I have been on a mission to improve my performance in recent weeks – a continual struggle ! As you can see it was close with good competition especially between myself, Tug Boat Phil & Doug Turner – lucky for me they both started with A+ rigs but that was their choice ! I’ll take any advantage I can 🙂
It was a good fun racing with running commentary on various skippers dilemma’s throughout the morning – I enjoyed it anyway.
Thanks to Robert Cornthwaite for scoring, ably assisted by Robert Hunter.
Next Session : Saturday 15th Aug : Winter Scratch series – windy by looks of it.
Have a great week.
Cheers
Mark
Mark Lewis
Secretary / DF65 Coordinator
Sunshine Coast Radio Sailing Club Inc
0424 787 884
